Occupational Group: Domestic Workers

Promote industrial relations in the domestic work sector in Europe

The present report contains the results of research conducted between May and November 2014 for the EFFAT project “Promote industrial relations...

Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment

Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Reflections on Recent Approaches to Tackle Informality

Domestic Workers Organize!Working USA

This article traces the history of domestic worker organizing in the U.S. It challenges the long-standing assumption that these—primarily...

Nurturing a culture of compliance with domestic workers’ rights in South Africa

Recognizing Domestic Workers, Regulating Domestic Work: Conceptual, Measurement, and Regulatory Challenges

Lesser Citizens: Indian Migrant Domestic Workers in the UK

Claiming Rights – Domestic Workers’ Movements

This research paper is a joint project between the International Domestic Workers’ Network (which is supported by WIEGO), the International...

Neoliberal austerity and the marketisation of elderly careSocial and Cultural Geography

Taking the recent debate on austerity as a starting point, this paper discusses contradictions in current processes of neoliberalisation...

Swept Under the Rug: Abuses Against Domestic Workers Throughout the World